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Page 308 - To exercise by its board of directors or duly authorized officers or agents, subject to law, all such incidental powers as shall be necessary to carry on the business of banking; by discounting and negotiating promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange, and other evidences of debt; by receiving deposits; by buying and selling exchange, coin, and bullion; by loaning money on personal security; and by obtaining, issuing, and circulating notes according to the provisions of this title.
Page 311 - ... from the date of such notice, or that the funds deposited for the redemption of the notes will be given up to the...
Page 62 - Balances due from other banks. Amount of all debts due, including Notes, Bills of Exchange, and all Stocks and Funded Debts of every description, excepting the balances due from other Banks.
Page 115 - That the greatest danger to the banker, as well as to the public, lies in the large amount of his deposits, and the least in the currency he issues.
Page 53 - Then came clean saucers and more soy, and soon followed well-filled bowls of the aforesaid pigs, all finely cut into thin strips, with pieces of the crisped skin broken into small squares. Finally, small bowls of plain boiled rice, perfectly dry, were served, and the feast closed in honor of the Russian guests with sparkling champagne. A few minutes before we sat down to dinner, we were invited into the court in front of the hall to witness the performance of a band of players, among whom were several...
Page 309 - ... said stocks to be valued at a rate to be estimated and governed by the average rate at which said stocks have been sold in the city of New York, within the next six months preceding the time when such stocks may be left on deposit with the Comptroller ; such person or association of persons shall be entitled to receive from the Bank Comptroller, an amount of such circulating notes of different denominations, registered and countersigned, equal to, and not exceeding the amount of public stocks...
Page 1 - House at the next and each successive session of Congress, copies of such statements or returns, showing the capital, circulation, discounts, specie, deposits, and...
Page 9 - ... Russia is not yet prepared to open the Amoor to indiscriminate commerce, or to European exploration ; but by means of its colonies, its post roads, and projected railroads, it is fast advancing the time when an uninterrupted commerce will be carried on throughout the entire extent of their vast empire. Take the immense extent of territory now under the dominion of Russia, to which there is no parallel in the history of the world, and it presents a field in which the grandest ideas may be put...
Page 39 - Balances due from other Banks, Amount of all debts due, including notes, bills of exchange, and all stock and funded debts of every description, excepting the balances due from other Banks, Total amount of the resources of the Bank, Date and amount of the last dividend, and when declared, Amount of reserved profits at the time of declaring the last dividend...
Page 43 - In her ears the wore the large rings common among the Chinese women. She had also a dress of Chinese cotton cloth, worked with embroidery at the edge of the skirt. Her complexion was a deep brownish red, with full cheeks and fine teeth. She was busily employed in cleaning fish, and was at first inclined to be offended at my close...